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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the answer. Don’t push him to decide on a major right now. Encourage him to think about what interests him and take classes in those areas. I’m guessing he doesn’t need to declare a major until the end of second year. He’s in his first semester of college—he doesn’t need the answer to this question yet![/quote].

This. Freshman year is for feeling overwhelmed and then starting to feel less overwhelmed. Sophomore year is for taking a variety of courses beyond freshman-specific ones and narrowing down/opening up options. I agree DS should enjoy college and recommend trying to take off the pressure to decide until the middle of next year as a way to do that.

– College Professor, with nephew who is now a happy sophomore developing a much clearer sense of what he wants to do after eliminating some things he really didn't like last year.[/quote]

OP here. Thank you for this. And for all the others who weighed in. He’s just the sort of kid who isn’t asking for help and at the same time doesn’t seem very engaged and I really want this college experience to work for him. I appreciate all the positive feedback.[/quote]
OP, it's hard to tell how serious this is, but would he benefit from dropping out and attending CC classes while working? Because he might find his thing (though if he refuses calculus, that's going to be much harder), but he might just remain adrift for 4 years. Sometimes a little work experience can help someone focus.

That being said, there are very few majors (or jobs) that don't require math. Marketing and communications these days is all about being able to interpret engagement statistics etc. He is going to have to take math in college.[/quote]

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